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Spore Galactic Adventures: Behind the Scenes
Spore was an interesting experiment, one that didn’t totally live up to the absurdly high expectations, but that I still enjoyed. One of the issues I had with the game was that it felt a bit too skeletal. Sure you could go from single cell to space exploration, but you couldn’t really dig into any…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Travels To Wii, DS In March
Square Enix has put a firm date on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. The game, dual-shipping on the Wii and Nintendo DS for euphoric connectivity, will land at retail on March 24th. Both the Wii and DS versions of Echoes of Time will set you back a budget-priced and outrageous $39.99 USD, respectively.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Stormrise Units On Parade
With only a few more months to wait for Creative Assembly’s post-apocalyptic real-time strategy title Stormrise, the company drops details on some of the units we’ll be controlling after the world ends. It’s a matter of blue versus brown in Stromrise, apparently, with the tribal Sai units sporting earth tones and the technologically advanced Echelon…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Winter X Games Keeps Playstation Sponsor, Loses Many Others
Playstation, Oakley and Totino’s pizza rolls may still be sponsors at the Winter X Games in Aspen, but several other top sponsors have dropped out, including the Zune, The Aspen Times reports. “Given the economic environment out there, obviously we’re being impacted, like everyone else,” said ESPN executive Rick Alessandri. Among the sponsors to drop…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 4 Kids Now Suitable 4 Framing
If you were serious about picking up artist Jason Chan’s Left 4 Dead 4 Kids print (not actual video game fan art, mind you) now’s your chance. Prints are available for purchase. Chan’s “Zombie Playground” is available in physical form in one of three size flavors: 13″ by 19″, 18″ by 24″, or 24″ by…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New(ish) Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Screens
Man, if only NASA were really like Puzzle Quest – I’d so have signed up for space camp. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is coming out on PC, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Nintendo DS. GameStop tells me the DS version ships February 24th and I am so pre-ordering it. DS and PC screens below.
By AJ Glasser Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Temp $25 Price Drop
Target dropped the price of the Guitar Hero World Tour guitar bundle by 25 percent for the week. That brings the Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 version of the game down to $75. The only problem is that you still can’t buy a drum kit or microphone on it’s own. So you’ll have to…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Sims 3 Getting Pushed Back?
Micro-managing your Sim all over again may be further off than originally planned, if retailer reports are accurate. According to Edge, Electronic Arts is “evaluating the launch window” of The Sims 3. Whether that means a formal delay for the next installment in EA’s 100 million unit selling franchise is unclear, but its European release…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Custom Crocheted Sackboys Defy Logic
Not only has video game scripter and user interface artist Maggie Wang created her own custom LittleBigPlanet sackboys based on characters like Spock and Hellboy, she’s also willing to make yours as well. Maggie started off just wanting to make her own basic brown sackboy, but soon found herself branching out, creating sackboys that channel…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Movie Critics Second Guessing Star Ratings Too
More than 80 years ago the movie rating star system was born in the New York Daily News. On July 31, 1928, the paper announced they would be using a three-star reviewing system from then on out to rate movies. And almost from the same day, movie critics starting hating the system. It took video…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Steam Users Beware: There’s No Such Thing As A Free Game
Be careful what you log into, Steam users. A new account phishing scheme is targeting users of Valve’s digital distribution platform, luring in gamers with the promise of gifted copies of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2. While Steam users are regularly warned by messages from Valve not to provide their login details to anyone — “Steam…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2009 -
UncategorizedBurnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Trailer
In case you were still on the fence about picking up n a copy of Burnout Paradise, here’s the official trailer for the Ultimate Box version of the game coming next month. With all of the updates Criterion has delivered since the game initially launched, Burnout Paradise has slowly morphed from a nice game that…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Celebrates 25 Years Of Turtle Power WIth New TMNT Game
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ubisoft unveils a brand-new video game based on the turtles, with no movie, TV show, or comic strings attached. The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is being developed by Game Arts of Super Smash Bros. Brawl fame, with a release…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Batch Of DSiWare Contains Cards, Clocks, And Chotto Games
While the rest of the world awaits the opportunity to upgrade hardware we were perfectly satisfied with in the first place, Nintendo readies the second wave of downloadable titles for DSiWare. If you thought the first batch of DSiWare was impressive, then your delusional mind will absolutely reel at the latest list. Have you ever…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gears Teams with Horror Schlock For Gaming Giveaway
Gears of War 2 is teaming up with Friday the 13th, of all movies, to host nearly two-weeks of giveaways on Xbox Live. I suppose both feature chainsaws, so maybe it makes sense. Starting February 1, Microsoft will be giving away 65 daily prize packages and thirteen grand price packages. The daily packs come with:…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
HanbitSoft To Continue Hellgate: London – No Really
Despite news to the contrary back in November, Korean publisher and developer HanbitSoft still plans to maintain Hellgate: London as a free-to-play title on a global scale after Namco Bandai’s January 31st server shutdown. HanbitSoft first announced plans to relaunch the game back in early November of last year, after Namco Bandai announced that servers…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
360 Resident Evil 5 Demo Claws Its Way Onto The Marketplace
A reminder to Xbox 360 owners everywhere – the playable demo for Resident Evil 5, the latest episode in Capcom’s popular survival horror series, is now available for download in all regions. As mentioned previously, the demo contains two levels from the full game, suitable for play in both single-player and co-op multiplayer modes. Those…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nearly 20 Kick-Ass Pieces of Gaming Furniture
WebUrbanist has compiled an interesting list of game-themed furniture that includes everything from Pac-Man chairs to fully-enclosed gaming pods. Some of my favorites among the 19 pieces of extravagance: The Ovei looks like the perfect solution for the gamer who wants to get away from it all. The pod features 5.1 surround sound, a cooling…
By Brian Crecente Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nolan Bushnell Bets On GameWager
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is back in the gaming business once again, as a press release heralds his “third coming” as part of the gaming sweepstakes website GameWager. GameWager is a service founded in 2007 and in public beta since July 2008, that rewards players who sign up with tokens for completing certain objectives in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009 - Uncategorized
Prince Of Persia Movie Poster Hidden In Chick Flick
Fans eager to get a look at the poster art for Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Prince of Persia series need look no further than his latest release, Confessions of a Shopaholic. The MTV Movie Blog reveals that the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Confessions of a Shopaholic will feature the debut…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2009